2015 Western New York Flash season

Western New York Flash

2015 Western New York Flash season
President	Alexandra Sahlen
Head coach	Aaran Lines
Stadium	Sahlen's Stadium
Top goalscorer	League: Sam Mewis (3) Lynn Williams (3) All: Sam Mewis (8)
Highest home attendance	2,514 (June 6 vs. Chicago)
Lowest home attendance	1,802 (May 8 vs. Kansas City)
Average home league attendance	2,128
Home colors Away colors
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The 2015 season is Western New York Flash's eighth season of existence, and the third in which they competed in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States.

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Sabrina D'Angelo 3 DF Whitney Engen 4 MF Abby Dahlkemper 5 MF Samantha Mewis 6 MF Jordan Angeli 7 MF Amanda Frisbie 9 FW Lynn Williams 10 FW Camilla Kur Larsen 11 FW Ajara Nchout Njoya 12 DF Kristen Edmonds

No. Position Player 13 DF Brittany Taylor 14 MF Becky Edwards 15 FW Jasmyne Spencer 16 DF Jaelene Hinkle 17 FW Kristen Hamilton 18 GK Chantel Jones 19 DF Chelsea Stewart 22 FW Sydney Leroux 23 DF Toni Pressley

Match results

Pre-season

Western New York Flash v West Virginia Mountaineers

March 14, Sat 1	Western New York Flash	4–0	West Virginia Mountaineers	Elma, New York
10:30 EDT UTC-4	Mewis  44' Edmonds  53' Spencer  61' Williams  69'	Report		Stadium: Sahlen Sports Park

Western New York Flash v Syracuse Orange

March 28, Sat 2	Western New York Flash	8–1	Syracuse Orange	Elma, New York
10:30 EDT UTC-4	Pressley  10'  34' (o.g.) Spencer  40' Angeli  45+' Edmonds  50' Mewis  52', 74' Nchout  90'	Report	Street  62' Pitts  70'	Stadium: Sahlen Sports Park

Penn State Nittany Lions v Western New York Flash

April 4, Sat 3	Penn State Nittany Lions	0–5	Western New York Flash	Altoona, Pennsylvania
11:00 EDT UTC-4		Report	Kur Larsen  27' Hamilton  60', 75' Mewis  67', 87'	Stadium: Spring Run Stadium

Regular season

Seattle Reign FC v Western New York Flash

April 12, Sun 1	Seattle Reign FC	5–1	Western New York Flash	Seattle, Washington
19:00 EDT UTC-4	Fishlock  25' Yanez  53' Rapinoe  71', 74', 86'	Boxscore Report[1]	Angeli  57'  68'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,642 Referee: Christina Unkel

Portland Thorns FC v Western New York Flash

April 18, Sat 2	Portland Thorns FC	1–0	Western New York Flash	Portland, Oregon
19:00 EDT UTC-4	Long  22' Wilkinson  74'	Report[2]		Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 13,148 Referee: Karen Abt

Western New York Flash v Boston Breakers

May 2, Sat 3	Western New York Flash	3–1	Boston Breakers	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4	Mewis 23' (Edwards) Edwards 62' (Williams) Edmonds 74' Leroux 88' (Dahlkemper)	Report[3]	Marlborough 15' (McCaffrey)	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 1,837

Western New York Flash v FC Kansas City

May 8, Fri 4	Western New York Flash	0–1	FC Kansas City	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4		Report[4]	Buczkowski  33' Bogus  73'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 1,802

FC Kansas City v Western New York Flash

May 14, Thu 5	FC Kansas City	0–0	Western New York Flash	Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT UTC-4	Bogus 15' Hagen 48+' Groom 57'	Report[5]	Taylor 36' Edwards 69' Jones 84' Williams 86'	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 1,847

Western New York Flash v Washington Spirit

May 23, Sat 6	Western New York Flash	3–2	Washington Spirit	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4	Williams 11' (Spencer) Mewis 35' (Edwards) Spencer 57' (Edmonds) Mewis 60'	Report[6]	Nairn 22' (penalty) Oyster 32' Dunn 55' (Nairn) Nairn 63'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,110

Western New York Flash v Chicago Red Stars

June 6, Sat 7	Western New York Flash	3–1	Chicago Red Stars	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4	S Mewis 51' (Eddy) Eddy 72' (Williams) Fields 75' (unassisted) S Mewis 85'	Report[7]	Lomnicki 57' Huerta 93+' (DiBernardo)	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,514

Houston Dash v Western New York Flash

June 20, Sat 8	Houston Dash	2–0	Western New York Flash	Houston
20:30 EDT UTC-4	McDonald  39' Ohai  63' Masar  74'	WNY Report NWSL Report[8]		Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 3,499 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

Boston Breakers v Western New York Flash

June 28, Sun 9	Boston Breakers	0–2	Western New York Flash	Boston
17:00 EDT UTC-4	Pathman  29' Evans  31'	WNY Report NWSL Report[9]	Williams  19' Eddy  42'	Stadium: Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,011 Referee: Farhad Dadhko

Western New York Flash v Seattle Reign FC

July 3, Fri 10	Western New York Flash	1–1	Seattle Reign FC	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4	Williams  81'	NWSL Report[10]	Little  55' (pen.)	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 2,377

Seattle Reign FC v Western New York Flash

July 11, Sat 11	Seattle Reign FC	4–2	Western New York Flash	Seattle
22:00 EDT UTC-4	Yanez  49' (Barnes) Corsie  52' (unassisted) Brooks  55' (Fletcher) Fishlock  73' (Yanez)	Report[11]	Frisbie  34' (Mewis) Edwards  67' (Hinkle) Edwards  89'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5,778 Referee: Brandon Artis

Western New York Flash v Sky Blue FC

July 19, Sun 12	Western New York Flash	3–3	Sky Blue FC	Rochester, New York
15:00 EDT UTC-4				Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Western New York Flash v Houston Dash

July 25, Sat 13	Western New York Flash	0–1	Houston Dash	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4				Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Western New York Flash v Portland Thorns FC

July 29, Wed 14	Western New York Flash	0–2	Portland Thorns FC	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4				Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Sky Blue FC v Western New York Flash

August 1, Sat 15	Sky Blue FC	1–2	Western New York Flash	Piscataway, New Jersey
19:00 EDT UTC-4				Stadium: Yurcak Field

FC Kansas City v Western New York Flash

August 8, Sat 16	FC Kansas City	4–0	Western New York Flash	Kansas City, Missouri
20:00 EDT UTC-4	Robinson 39' (Laddish) Averbuch 69' (unassisted) O'Reilly 84' (Rodriguez) Buczkowski 87' (Silva)	Report	Dahlkemper 65'	Stadium: Swope Soccer Village Attendance: 3,086 [12]

Washington Spirit v Western New York Flash

August 12, Wed 17	Washington Spirit	1–1	Western New York Flash	Germantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT UTC-4				Stadium: Maureen Hendricks Field Maryland SoccerPlex

Chicago Red Stars v Western New York Flash

August 23, Sun 18	Chicago Red Stars	0–0	Western New York Flash	Lisle, Illinois
17:00 EDT UTC-4				Stadium: Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex

Western New York Flash v Chicago Red Stars

August 29, Sat 19	Western New York Flash	0–2	Chicago Red Stars	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4				Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Western New York Flash v Portland Thorns FC

September 4, Fri 20	Western New York Flash	3–2	Portland Thorns FC	Rochester, New York
19:00 EDT UTC-4				Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Seattle Reign FC	20	13	4	3	41	21	+20	43	NWSL Shield
2	Chicago Red Stars	20	8	9	3	31	22	+9	33	NWSL Playoffs
3	FC Kansas City (C)	20	9	5	6	32	20	+12	32
4	Washington Spirit	20	8	6	6	31	28	+3	30
5	Houston Dash	20	6	6	8	21	26	−5	24
6	Portland Thorns FC	20	6	5	9	27	29	−2	23
7	Western New York Flash	20	6	5	9	24	34	−10	23
8	Sky Blue FC	20	5	7	8	22	28	−6	22
9	Boston Breakers	20	4	3	13	22	43	−21	15

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
20	23	6	9	5	24	34	−10	4	4	2	16	16	0	2	5	3	8	18	−10

Last updated: September 26, 2014
Source: National Women's Soccer League
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H
Result	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	W

Last updated: September 26, 2015.
Source: National Women's Soccer League
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Squad statistics

Source: NWSL

Key to positions: FW – Forward, MF – Midfielder, DF – Defender, GK – Goalkeeper

N	Pos	Player	GP	GS	Min	G	A	WG	Shot	SOG	Cro	CK	Off	Foul	FS	YC	RC
98	FW	Lady Andrade	6	4	328	1	0	0	7	4	0	4	1	4	5	0	0
6	MF	Jordan Angeli	3	0	63	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
99	MF	Halimatu Ayinde	8	4	388	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	0
4	MF	Abby Dahlkemper	20	20	1784	0	1	0	8	1	1	0	0	10	5	1	0
20	MF	Elizabeth Eddy	15	4	664	3	2	2	13	9	3	11	1	6	4	0	0
12	DF	Kristen Edmonds	11	10	850	0	1	0	5	2	1	8	0	7	4	1	0
14	MF	Becky Edwards	20	20	1800	2	3	1	13	7	8	68	1	20	12	2	0
3	DF	Whitney Engen	12	12	1080	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
24	FW	Jamia Fields	10	7	582	1	0	0	11	5	0	0	1	9	3	0	0
7	MF	Amanda Frisbie	4	2	169	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0
17	FW	Kristen Hamilton	11	3	313	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	1	7	1	0	0
23	MF	Michelle Heyman	9	9	798	1	1	0	15	13	1	0	11	11	2	0	0
16	DF	Jaelene Hinkle	20	20	1800	1	1	0	11	3	3	5	0	8	8	0	0
10	FW	Camilla Kur Larsen	3	1	57	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	Sydney Leroux	3	3	269	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
5	MF	Samantha Mewis	20	20	1685	4	4	1	55	27	1	1	0	22	10	2	0
11	FW	Ajara Nchout	7	1	128	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
8	MF	Ashley Nick	13	7	610	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0
23[n 1]23	DF	Toni Pressley	1	1	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
15	FW	Jasmyne Spencer	20	19	1596	3	1	1	33	17	0	1	4	15	18	1	0
19	DF	Chelsea Stewart	3	2	150	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
13	DF	Brittany Taylor	18	18	1620	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	11	2	2	0
9	FW	Lynn Williams	17	13	1176	4	4	1	26	16	1	1	6	8	5	1	0

1. Number 23 was later assigned to Michelle Heyman

N	Pos	Goal keeper	GP	GS	Min	W	L	T	Shot	SOG	Sav	GA	GA/G	Pen	PKF	SO
1	GK	Sabrina D'Angelo	7	7	555	1	5	0	57	35	24	11	1.571	0	2	0
39	GK	Robyn Horner	1	1	90	1	0	0	7	7	5	2	2	1	1	0
18	GK	Chantel Jones	13	12	1155	4	4	5	150	81	60	21	1.615	1	2	2

References

1. "RAPINOE TALLIES FIRST-EVER CAREER HAT-TRICK IN REIGN FC'S 5–1 VICTORY OVER THE FLASH".
2. "NWSL MATCH RECAP:: Portland Thorns FC 1, Western New York Flash 0".
3. "FLASH OPEN AT HOME WITH 3–1 WIN OVER BREAKERS; WNY score three unanswered goals to pick up first three points of the year".
4. "FLASH SHUTOUT BY KANSAS CITY, 1–0; FCKC's Liz Bogus scores game-winning goal in the 73rd minute".
5. "KANSAS CITY AND WNY SETTLE FOR 0–0 DRAW; Rookie Katelyn Rowland made her professional debut and recorded her first clean sheet".
6. "FLASH BEAT SPIRIT, 3–2; Lynn Williams scores first professional goal in the victory".
7. "FLASH DEFEAT RED STARS, 3–1; WNY snaps Chicago's undefeated streak".
8. "DASH SHUTOUT FLASH, 2–0; Jessica McDonald scored her fifth goal of the season".
9. "FLASH EARN ROAD WIN OVER BREAKERS, 2–0; Chantel Jones earns first shutout in a Flash uniform with seven saves".
10. "FLASH EARN POINT IN 1–1 DRAW WITH REIGN FC; Western New York rookies continue to make big contributions on the field".
11. "REIGN FC COME BACK TO DEFEAT FLASH, 4–2; Seattle breaks record for fastest three goals by a team in NWSL history".
12. "The Lowdown: NWSL playoff races tighten". 12 August 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

External links

• Official website

See also

• 2015 National Women's Soccer League season